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وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّيۤ أَرَانِيۤ أَعْصِرُ خَمْراً وَقَالَ ٱلآخَرُ إِنِّي أَرَانِيۤ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي خُبْزاً تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
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-Yûsuf ( يوسف )

Tafsir al-Tustari

And there entered the prison with him two [chivalrous] youths (fatayān)…He [Sahl] said:God, Exalted is He, said [chivalrous] youths because neither of them was excessive in his claim. Rather they gave what was theirs over to their companion and for this He called them fatayān.His words, Exalted is He:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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